Its been a relatively busy couple of days for me; Tuesday I tried to pick up my Exalted game again only to be shy a necessary player and unable to move forward. I ran a Primetime Adventures demo for
euchaotic and
sleetfall instead. The vastly different style of play seemed to take a little getting used to, but they warmed to it after minimal prodding. I'm hopeful that's an indicator of things to come, as we have discussed getting together some sort of Tuesday night gaming thing, with regular long-term campaigns happening every other week and short-term experiments and one-shots taking place in the off week.
Strangely enough yesterday was gaming too, the triumphant post-holiday return of StoryGames Boston at
pandemonium_bks. We played some Shock, which was new to me and very thought-provoking. When things took a turn for the cyberpunk I made no attempt to reign in my love for some of the sillier elements thereof, and the evening for my character culminated in a battle with some franchise ninjas, after which he was forced to sign away his integrity in exchange for the antidote to a poison which had been slipped into the fast-food sushi he had eaten moments earlier. A good time was had by all, or at least by me, and that's all that matters.
On a sadder note for the geek in me I don't think I will be making it to Arisia this weekend. Its not that I don't want to go, its just that their website currently is forecasting that they'll hit capacity Friday night and then won't allow any more people into the convention. Probably something to do with fire codes. I'm pretty bummed out about that, as I was planning to do as I did last year and just buy a Saturday pass in order to slip into the Webcomics panels. This year not only would I have the chance to hear
demiurgent speak but also
the_ferrett, live and in person. Ah well, its what I get for not planning in advance. I'll keep checking the website in case something changes, but I'm not hopeful. There's always Vericon.
Strangely enough yesterday was gaming too, the triumphant post-holiday return of StoryGames Boston at
On a sadder note for the geek in me I don't think I will be making it to Arisia this weekend. Its not that I don't want to go, its just that their website currently is forecasting that they'll hit capacity Friday night and then won't allow any more people into the convention. Probably something to do with fire codes. I'm pretty bummed out about that, as I was planning to do as I did last year and just buy a Saturday pass in order to slip into the Webcomics panels. This year not only would I have the chance to hear